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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10 – The Golden Carp (August 1974).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mr. Kimura marry Aya?
(a) Yuki made Mr. Kimura see why Aya is wonderful.
(b) Aya makes Mr. Kimura laugh.
(c) Aya reminds Mr. Kimura of Shizuko.
(d) It is a marriage of convenience.

2. What does Shizuko's mother say the morning of the wake?
(a) "I thought my children would outlive me a long time."
(b) "I am not surprised that she chose to end her own life."
(c) "I always knew she suffered from depression."
(d) "I never knew she suffered from depression."

3. How does Yuki spend her lunch recess at school in Chapter 9?
(a) She catches up on homework.
(b) She eats in the cafeteria with her friends.
(c) She sets a table and eats in her homemaking class.
(d) She eats a packed lunch by herself.

4. What details are revealed about Shizuko's husband in Chapter 1?
(a) He is unfaithful to his wife and too busy to spend time with Yuki.
(b) He is devoted to his wife and a doting father to Yuki.
(c) He is devoted to his wife but cold toward Yuki.
(d) He is unfaithful to his wife but spends all his free time with Yuki.

5. Who rearranged furniture to prepare for the wake?
(a) Yuki's grandmother and aunt.
(b) Yuki and her aunt.
(c) The men.
(d) Yuki and her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. In fourth grade, what does Shizuko say about the picture of the emperor?

2. How has Yuki spent her summer Sundays?

3. What does Shizuko do immediately after her phone call with Yuki in Chapter 1?

4. Why does Yuki refuse to eat oyster soup for dinner when she is ten?

5. In Chapter 9, what does Yuki paint after her first homemaking class?

(see the answer key)

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